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The Nigeria Data Protection Commission has thrown its weight behind an international enforcement framework targeting the proliferation of deepfakes and synthetic media, as global regulators move to close privacy gaps opened by generative artificial intelligence technologies. Nigeria has formally aligned with more than 60 data protection and privacy regulators worldwide in endorsing new international standards…
OpenAI is amending its new agreement with the US Department of War following a swift and severe public backlash over the use of its technology in classified military operations. Chief Executive Sam Altman admitted on Monday that the rollout was “opportunistic and sloppy,” prompting the company to insert explicit prohibitions against using its AI for…
The second edition of the Enugu Tech Festival (ETF 2.0) concluded on Friday, drawing an unprecedented 53,000 physical participants to the Enugu International Conference Centre. The four-day event, held from 24 to 27 February, exceeded its initial target of 50,000 attendees and trended globally on social media. Convener and State Commissioner for Innovation, Dr. Prince…
ABUJA — The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has partnered with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to launch a $50 million Impact Innovation Fund. This strategic vehicle targets pre-seed and early-stage startups to address systemic social hurdles within the domestic economy. During a high-profile signing ceremony in Abuja, officials confirmed that the fund would…
ABUJA — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally signed the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2026 into law, sparking an immediate and fierce ideological confrontation between the Presidency and the nation’s telecommunications giants. While the President insists that “humans, not computers” must ultimately determine election outcomes, the Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has…
ABUJA — The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has officially triggered the countdown for a total structural overhaul of the nation’s telecommunications framework. In a statement released on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, the commission fixed March 20 as the terminal date for stakeholders to submit inputs on the National Telecommunications Policy (NTP) review. This move seeks…
Apple intends to maintain the visual DNA of its current flagship for the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro series. Recent intelligence from the Chinese social media platform Weibo suggests that the 2026 models will undergo minimal aesthetic modifications. This conservative approach follows the unprecedented commercial success of the iPhone 17, which reportedly has Apple executives…
ABUJA — The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have unveiled a revolutionary regulatory framework to terminate failed airtime and data transactions. This joint initiative targets the persistent “debit-without-service” syndrome that has long plagued millions of Nigerian digital service consumers. According to an exposure draft released on Monday, the…
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has revealed that SpaceX is now prioritizing the creation of a self-growing city on the Moon, aiming to complete the ambitious project in less than a decade. Musk shared the update on his X account, explaining that lunar missions offer faster development cycles than Mars expeditions. “We can launch to the…
Elon Musk has orchestrated a significant financial and technical pact between SpaceX and xAI. This arrangement involves the aerospace giant purchasing a multi-billion dollar stake in the artificial intelligence startup. Furthermore, SpaceX will provide essential server infrastructure to help train xAI’s next-generation linguistic models. This collaboration seeks to bridge the gap between orbital engineering…
